Thanks Ushadi ji I will collect seeds of this vine from a friends home On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 12:38 AM, Ushadi micromini <[email protected]> wrote: > Balkar ji... forgot to tell you I had saved one tuber and planted > it...next spring..but did not grow... > my garden club friends had thought that perhaps it was not old / large > enough...with only one growing season, that too growing in balcony in > a pot may not have stored enough energy to re-sprout... > > Usha di > > ========= > > On Nov 19, 11:58 pm, Ushadi micromini <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Balkar ji... by seeds is the best way.. >> I had collected seeds from a friends' garden fence in 1993 in central >> florida, and let them dry, stored them in red topped sterile test >> tubes with airtight stoppers at RT .... and in 1996 or 1997 spring >> planted them... in 1998 summer had a thriving flowering vine in my >> 6-8 gallon soilless potting mix pot in my balcony, over-wintered >> inside (it snows where I was) ... after flowering though it died in >> the pot, and I wanted to reuse the pot and to my surprise found >> tubers... I cut open the tubers to photograph... so cant tell you if >> they would grow or not... BUT from what I read... tubers are used >> for famine food in its native central and south america and the >> tubers sprout to give new vines in case of forest fires... they >> survive deep inside the soil when every thing else chars... so may >> be they need heated soil, or very alkaline soil (from the ashes of the >> vines and other plants) to re-sprout.... or some bacteria or fungi >> that overtake the burnt forest soil after the fire may release some >> growth factors.... >> >> I wonder if anybody has tested soil for such factors after a forest >> fire where antigonon grows ?? >> >> SEEDS are the best way.... if they are from a thriving vine like this >> one that Neha has... >> >> otherwise... semi woody stems and rooting hormone had worked for some >> other vines for me... but I have not tried that in India... >> >> Usha di >> >> =========== >> >> On Nov 19, 5:07 pm, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Sorry pls read as stem cuttings and tubers >> >> > On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > I have tried this to grow from stem tubers in my college, can anybody >> > > give idea how to propagate this vine >> > > Thanks >> >> > > On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> >> > > wrote: >> > >> Yes Neha ji >> > >> The flowers appear very fresh. >> >> > >> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 11:59 PM, Neha Singh <[email protected]> >> > >> wrote: >> >> > >>> Antigonon leptopus from a private garden @ Jaipur. Dated- 07.11.11 >> >> > >>> Common name-Coral Vine ,Family- Polygonaceae >> >> > >>> Regards >> > >>> Neha S >> >> > >> -- >> > >> Dr Satish Phadke >> >> > > -- >> > > Regards >> >> > > Dr Balkar Singh >> > > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >> > > Arya P G College, Panipat >> > > Haryana-132103 >> > > 09416262964 >> >> > -- >> > Regards >> >> > Dr Balkar Singh >> > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >> > Arya P G College, Panipat >> > Haryana-132103 >> > 09416262964 >
-- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
